Control of adenosine formation by vascular endothelial cells

This journal issue is proceedings of ICSM 2008Abstracts for Oral CommunicationsINTRODUCTION: Adenosine is formed extracellularly by ecto-5'-nucleotidase (5'N) during exercise vasodilation. It has been suggested that vascular endothelial cells act as a source of adenosine during hypoxia. However, it is not known whether the adenosine originating from endothelial cells is formed intracellularly by cytosolic-5'-nucleotidase or extracellularly by ecto-5'-nucleotidase ...link_to_OA_fulltextThe 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (ICSM), Hong Kong, China, 13-14 December 2008. In Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology, 2008, v. 16 n. 2, p. 58, abstract no. OC